The Ed Morrissey Show: Keith Poole, Rick Moran

posted at 1:30 pm on May 22, 2008 by Ed Morrissey

Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), I’ll talk with Dr Keith Poole, author of the Poole Reports, which give the clearest indication of voting records in Congress. We’ll discuss the meaning of the data and whether it shows a greater polarization in each party, whether the center has moved or stayed in place, and some of the implications of the data for the future of the two-party system. In the second half, Rick Moran joins us to talk about the “cult” of Obama and whether it can last through to Election Day.

Update: Dr. Poole is also one of the co-authors of 2006′s Polarized America. We’ll talk more about that on the show as well.

Now you can join the conversation in the chat room! Be sure to register at Ustream to participate in our raucous live-chat sessions…

Opening animation from TG Studios.

Tags: ,

Blowback

Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose their posting privilege.

Trackbacks/Pings

Trackback URL

Comments

People that want to stay home and skip voting should read this Matthew Yglesias* article that he posted yesterday ” http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/only_time_will_tell.php
* Yglesias is a well-known progressive pundit and blogger, who supports Obama.

“I’ll be ready to write the conservative movement’s epitaph when (a) Barack Obama is inaugurated, and (b) Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid enact some stuff with more lasting impact than the meager results of 1977-80 or 1993-4. There’s real reason to believe a congressional party much less dependent on the votes of white south moderates will, in fact, be able to deliver more. But I’ll believe it when I see it. I think it’s very plausible to imagine a conservative movement that’s still strong enough to frustrate progressives’ main legislative goals,

Note to any intending to “sit out” that’s the PROGRESSIVES not just plain old “liberals”, who are planning to impliment their agenda with control of Congress and the Presidency.

Ragnell on May 22, 2008 at 1:38 PM

OK, I see references to the podcast in the chat, but I can’t find it. How do y’all grab a podcast of the show?

GoHskrs on May 22, 2008 at 11:56 PM